Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Dancing Planets
Well, cloud and rain meant I missed last mights close approach of Mars and Regulus (and this mornings Mercury Moon combination). But my correspondents have provided images to cheer me up.Chris Wyatt from Bendigo photographed this arrangement of Mars, Regulus and Saturn on 29 July from his backyard in Bendigo with his
Canon S2IS taken with the camera set to 400 ASA over 3.2 secs time period at an effective magnification of 4.5 (click to enlarge).
Pall Moss sent in this nice image of the lineup on June 30 as taken from Papakowhai, just north of Wellington, New Zealand. You can see the fullimage and others at this website www.astronomy.net.nz
Labels: astrophotography, Mars, Mercury, Observational Astronomy
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 6:38 am 
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